Giving sight to the blind - a clinical application of channelrhodopsins Supplement section 7.2AustinFebruary 7, 2022Channelrhodopsin, Optogenetics, Vision, Retinitis Pigmentosa
Does listening to Classical music actually make you smarter? A case study of a misconception Real World NeuroscienceAustinJanuary 6, 2022Misconception, Mozart Effect, Music, Intelligence
Teaching pharmacodynamics: Building a hands-on neurotransmitter / receptor binding demonstration PedagogyAustinJanuary 3, 2022Pedagogy, Demonstration, Pharmacodynamics, Receptor binding, Neurotransmitter
COVID and the loss of smell Real World Neuroscience, Supplement section 9.1AustinDecember 24, 2021COVID, Anosmia, Smell, Ageusia
Brief recap of my 2021 reading list Book ClubAustinDecember 22, 2021Book Review, Oliver Sacks, Achromatopsia, Pain, Prion
The brilliance of Fil-Am scientist Baldomero Olivera AustinDecember 12, 2021Baldomero Olivera, Cone snail, Neurotoxins Comment
How The Little Blue Pill screws…your vision Supplement section 7.2AustinJune 21, 2020Vision, Cyanopsia, Viagra, Sildenafil citrate, Photoreceptors
How a vestibular injury made Tyson Fury the lineal heavyweight boxing champion Supplement section 8.2, Real World NeuroscienceAustinMarch 17, 2020Boxing, Traumatic Brain Injury, Vestibular system, cranial nerve, semicircular canalsComment
Can people born without a limb experience phantom limb pain? Supplement section 8.3, Real World NeuroscienceAustinOctober 15, 2019Phantom limb Comments
How did Scoville access Patient HM's medial temporal lobe? Supplement section 13.1, Clinical NeuroscienceAustinMay 7, 2019Patient HM, Neurosurgery, MemoryComment
Can a blind person see if they had synesthesia? Supplement section 7.4AustinMarch 16, 2019Sensory system, Synesthesia, Congenital blindness Comment
"Tales from Both Sides of the Brain: A Life in Neuroscience" by Michael Gazzaniga book review Book ClubAustinJune 3, 2018Brain lateralization, Michael Gazzaniga, Corpus callosum, Split brain patient Comment
"Inventing Iron Man" book review Book ClubAustinApril 8, 2018Iron Man, Marvel, Physiology, Tony Stark, Neuroscience, Book Review, Human machine interfaceComment
The science of "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind" ResearchAustinJune 14, 2016Motor Learning, Optogenetics, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Synaptic Plasticity, LTP, Memory, MoviesComment
How to improve your motor skills - change is good. ResearchAustinApril 9, 2016Motor Skills, Learning and MemoryComment
Conditioned taste aversion - Gyro me! DefinitionsAustinFebruary 4, 2016Conditioned taste aversion, Conditioned learning, Food, Nausea, Pavlovian conditioningComment
Learned associations in music and video games DefinitionsAustinJanuary 26, 2016Conditioned learning, Video games, Memory, Music Comment
